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A review by fetzpahs2002
The White City by Roma Tearne
4.0
I am a big fan of Roma Tearne. I got hooked on her Sri Lanka themed books, then found her others, that only had a Sri Lankan expat as a character, were just as well written. This book is a step further away, focused on Arab expats in a London slightly in the future. It also is a fantasy distopia, which really is not that far from the societal dysfunction of war torn Sri Lanka or the closet racist UK of disillusioned southAsians.
There are jumps in the narrative from first to third person and from who those are. It gives the storyline a disconnection where present, past, and future are only marginally linked. But the writing is very descriptive, the characters well developed, and it is a good read.
There are jumps in the narrative from first to third person and from who those are. It gives the storyline a disconnection where present, past, and future are only marginally linked. But the writing is very descriptive, the characters well developed, and it is a good read.